Moderator

Ms. Ariel Shtarkman

Managing Partner Undivided Ventures

Ariel Shtarkman is Managing Partner of Undivided Ventures, VC platform investing in early-stage technology companies which have identified a pathway to a more sustainable future for the built environment - real estate, infrastructure and cities. She is also the Founder of Orca Capital, boutique investment firm and family office focusing on real estate and technology. Previously, Ariel was with Citibank Real Estate Structured Finance in Hong Kong, where she structured debt instruments for real estate developers, REITs and private equity funds. Before joining Citibank, she worked in real estate private equity funds sponsored by ING Clarion in New York (covering US) and ING Real Estate Investment Management in Hong Kong (covering Asia). Ariel holds an MBA from Columbia Business School with concentration in Real Estate, and BSc from Tel Aviv University with double major in Computer Science and Business Administration. She serves as Senior Content Adviser of Urban Land Institute (ULI) Asia Pacific, and is ULI Global Governing Trustee. Ariel is fluent in English, Hebrew and Russian, and conversant in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. Her other interests include martial arts, integration of technology and real estate, and the future of education.

Speaking at

Wed 28 May 2:15 PM — 3:00 PM (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi Regent Hong Kong, Regent Ballroom, level 2

From Bricks to Brains: How AI Is Redefining Real Estate Value Creation

Ms. Ariel Shtarkman, Undivided Ventures

Ms. Rui Hua Chang, ESR

Mr. Raymond Kwok, Nan Fung Development Limited

Mr. Nils Pihl, Auki Labs

Mr. Charles Whiteley, AECOM

Type General Session Open to All Attendees

Artificial Intelligence (AI) may well transform real estate and the built environment as we now know it in remarkable ways. Across value chains, progressive organizations are already experimenting with AI to enhance efficiencies, optimize assets, and harness vast amounts of data to make better design, financial, operations, and risk management decisions. At the same time, AI enabled drones, humanoid robots, and other emerging technologies have the potential to disrupt, end-to-end, many aspects of buildings and the built environment.

Capital-intensive data infrastructure – whether data centres, secure cloud networks, or decentralized urban and on-premise solutions – will be essential to manage the explosive growth of data for years to come. As the industry embraces this promising technology, the question isn’t just what AI can do today or on the horizon, but how we can empower AI to transform the built environment in the future.

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